Posted Oct 27, 2025 1273 views
Background/IRC Summary: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
IRC has been working in Pakistan for over 40 years, and manages and delivers large, complex programs to meet the needs in health, education, protection, environmental health and livelihoods for displaced, poor and disaster affected communities. IRC works in partnership with local government and non-governmental organizations and currently works across all major provinces of Pakistan.
Job Overview/Summary: Under the supervision and guidance of DDP, the Program Intern will support overall program and activities related to project, communication, meetings arrangements, and other programs by supporting information management, team coordination and planning.
Major Responsibilities:
• Assist in communication products like reporting, drafting letters, meeting minutes and other communication related tasks assigned by Line Manager
• Provide administrative support for different events, internal and external meetings
• Support in the management and organization of trainings, seminars and workshops arranged by the organization Maintaining data and filing system up-to-date and where proper filing system is not available, develops one according to the guidelines available.
• Assist Line Manager in secondary research and if needed primary research related to current and upcoming projects/programs
• Travelling to project sites on need basis and submit its report.
• Conduct desk research on latest happenings in inclusive development both in public and non-profit sector and draft summarized report and share with line manager
• Review different documents assigned by line manager.
• Support Program Unit in performing different administrative tasks, when required
• Any other task assigned by the supervisor or colleague in Program team
Job Requirements:
a) Education: bachelor’s or master’s degree in social sciences, Management, Mass Communication
b) Work Experience: Not required
c) Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:
• Excellent computer skills & Report writing skills
• English & Urdu language skills
• Strong communication skills
Job Description
Job Title: Program Intern
Band / Level / Grade:
Department: Program
Project:
Location: Islamabad
Others:
The IRC Core Values and Commitments.
The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons.
IRC is committed to ensuring that IRC staff is suitable to work with children and have the knowledge
s/he needs to uphold and abide by the IRC’s Child Safeguarding Policy. o Level of interaction with children: Frequent direct contact with children
IRC ensures that its staff must actively practice the roles and responsibilities related to client responsiveness, accountability to people in affected communities and must have competencies to solicit and listens to feedback and other’s perspectives, responds to feedback with maturity and sensitivity and takes appropriate decisions and makes changes to behavior or actions in response to feedback.
IRC recognizes that gender equality is fundamental to the achievement of our organizational mission. As such, IRC is committed to the promotion of gender equality in all aspects of our operations and programs. Our organizational policies, procedures and actions demonstrate this commitment.
Women candidates and differently abled persons are highly encouraged to apply
Job Details
International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a leading global relief and development organization, established in 1933, and currently working in 42 countries worldwide. IRC has been working in Pakistan for over 30 years, and manages & delivers large, complex programs to meet needs in health, education, protection and livelihoods for displaced, poor & conflict-affected communities. IRC works in partnership with local Government and non-Governmental organizations and currently works in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh provinces.
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